Foreshadow: Flensburg – Veszprém

 

On Sunday at 5:00 p.m. SG Flensburg-Handewitt hosts Telekom Veszprém in the Match of the Week in the VELUX EHF Champions League in Germany. The game starts at 5:00 p.m. but Sport 1 will start broadcasting at 4:30 p.m.

 

 

There is a strange situation in Group B, where Veszprém, Flensburg and Kiel fight for the 2nd position with equal points, 2 rounds before the end of the group phase. This is why the guest appearance of Veszprém is going to be a clash and hence got Match of the Week title from EHF. The two parties have already met in the 2nd round of the group stage in the Veszprém Arena where the 28:27 end result was in our favor. Máté Lékai scored 9, while László Nagy scored 8 goals that time. From our opponent Hampus Wanne scored 5, being the most efficient from his team.

 

Flensburg is currently on the 3rd position in the Group in the Champions League but as we have already mentioned before there is a stalemate between 3 teams. They played 12 games so far and managed to win 6 times, while achieving 3 draws and 3 defeats. Their losses came from Veszprém, Kiel and Paris. However, with Paris they are at 1:1 this season, as they managed to beat them at home 33:29. In the last round, Paris won confidently with 8 goals, the end result being 29:21. Their top scorer in the CL in Holger Glandorf with 48 goals, behind him is Rasmus Lauge Schmidt with 45.

 

 

Our next opponent is currently at 4th position in the Bundesliga. In their 22 matches, they won 16 times, while ending 2 times in a draw and losing 4 times. They played on Thursday in the domestic championship when they traveled to Hüttenberg. The game ended in a 23:30 victory for Flensburg, which means that they prepared with a win for Veszprém. On that game, Lasse Svan scored 7 goals finishing as the top scorer of the match. In the German league the top scorer for them is Rasmus Lauge Schmidt with 123 goals and also with 70 assists.

 

Just as Flensburg, the “Építők” prepared for the weekend with a victory. They played against FTC KN Kft. on Tuesday and won 26:31. On that game Gasper Marguc scored 8 goals while Petar Nenadic and Dejan Manaskov bagged 5 each. The team played a week ago in the Champions League when they hosted Meshkov Brest and defeated them 34:22. The boys have been preparing hard for the weekend, because the upcoming game is crucial regarding the final positions in the group.

 

Let’s go Veszprém!

 

 

Photo: Dávid Vörös